Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 5, 1843
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 5, 1843
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1843-07-05
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 5, 1843
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Utica, NY
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revision: crb 2018-03-06
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Wednesday evening – 8
My dear Henry,
I feared when I wrote before that I mig[ ht ]
Reason:
be alarming you unnecessarily – I believe I did
Julia
would go in half an hour I had not time to go in
and see your Father
talked with him – in vain tried to persuade him
allow me to ask the opinion of a physician
not consent to see one though I should have preferr[ ed ]
Reason:
their opinion to my own – I cannot perceive any n
alteration since morning – if any – his fever is aba[ ted ]
Reason:
I do not think him immediately dangerous – Mother
says it is not best for you to come home at pres[ ent ]
Reason:
I will write again should there be the least unfavour[ able ]
Reason:
change – I have sent for McClallen
Mother and Julia are nearly exhausted – your o[ wn ]
Reason:
Frances –
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William H. Seward
Utica
AUBURN N.Y.
JUL 6
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Frances A Seward
July 6, 1843
Wednesday evening – 8
My dear Henry,
I feared when I wrote before that I mig[ ht ]
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be alarming you unnecessarily – I believe I did
Julia
Birth: 1811-08-26 Death: 1847-07-24
was
anxious to have me write and as the
would go in half an hour I had not time to go in
and see your Father
Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24
– I have since been up andtalked with him – in vain tried to persuade him
allow me to ask the opinion of a physician
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– he
not consent to see one though I should have preferr[ ed ]
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their opinion to my own – I cannot perceive any n
alteration since morning – if any – his fever is aba[ ted ]
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I do not think him immediately dangerous – Mother
Birth: 1769-11-27 Death: 1844-12-11
says it is not best for you to come home at pres[ ent ]
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I will write again should there be the least unfavour[ able ]
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change – I have sent for McClallen
Birth: 1791-09-07 Death: 1860-11-16
to watch to nightMother and Julia are nearly exhausted – your o[ wn ]
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Frances –
William H. Seward
Utica
AUBURN N.Y.
JUL 6
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Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10William Seward
July 6, 1843